Figure toy



March 31. 1925. 1,531,894

W. ALDON FIGURE TOY Filed April 14, 1923 Zlwuentoz.

i the motor of Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES WONG ALDON,

F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

FIGURE TOY.

Application filed April 14, 1923.

To all whom it may Be it known that I, \Vonc Anion, a Cltlf zen of China, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Figure Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toys and particularly to a toy simulating a drummer boy containing mechanism for operating the drum sticks.

An object of the invention is to provide a toy having supporting legs mounting the operating mechanism wi hin the' body of the toy carried by the supporting legs for firmly supporting said mechanism during its operation.

A further object of the invention resides providing a novel connection between the operating mechanism and the arms of the toy for moving the arms to operate the drum sticks carried thereby to produce a drumming movement on the drum carried by the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide a special means for controlling and governing the operation of the motor and the arms.

The invention includes other objects and improvements in the details of COIlSlZIllCtlOD which are pointed out in the following description and claim and shown in the accompanying drawing in which;

Figure. 1 is an elevation of the toy simulating the drummer boy.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the body portion of the toy showing the motor mechanism.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through the body portion taken at right angles to ig. 2 showing the manner of securing the body to the support. 1 I I Figure 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the limited rotative connection between the hands and the arms.

The drummer boy generally indicated at 1 has a pair of legs 2 carrying feet 3 adapted figure and the V to form a support for the motor mechanism indicated at 4 mounted in the framework 5 carried by thelegs and concealed in and supporting the jacket or body covering 6 of the figure. A pair of trousers 7 are secured to the jacket 6 and cover the legs 2 which are formed of a sinle wire bent intermediate of its ends to orm the two substantially 23 secured to frame parallel leg por- Serial No. 632,145.

tions as clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. A crank shaft 8 is rotatably mounted in the upper end of the jacket 6 and beyondthe jacket is bent to form the arms of the figure as indicated at 9. Sleeves 10 are secured to the jacket 6 over the arms as indicated in Figure 1: Fig. 4 illustrates that. hands- 11 are mounted on the ends of meat-mg for a limited rotative' movement thereon to provide sufiicient free movement of the drum sticks 12 with respect to the arms the drum 13 in the oscillating movement of the arms. The member 8 is formed with a crank 14. within the jacket 6 for a purpose to be described.

The motor mechanism =1 above mentioned includes a coil spring 15 having one end secured to the frame 5 and the other end secured to the shaft 16 carryingthe gear 17 and rotatably mounted in the frame for transmitting the power from the spring to rotate the shaft 18 mounting pinion 19 meshing with gear 17 to the member 8 through the link 20 connected with crank 14 and the offset end 21 of shaft 18; The rotation of the shaft 18 is governed by an escapement mechanism 22 including a frame 5 in which is mounted a pin 24.- carrymg an oscillating member 25 provided with a weight 26 to retard the motion of the member. This oscillating memher is provided with a pair of pawls 27 adapted for cooperation with an escapement wheel 28 to alternately engage the teeth of I said escapement wheel which is mounted on shaft 18 for governing the rotative movement of said'shaft in a well known manner.

The jacket 6 is preferably formed in sections to enable assemblage'of the parts and is'provided at '29 with openings to receive lugs 30 which are bent over as indicated in Figure 3 to secure the jacket sections to the frame .5 in assembled relation. The head of the figure indicated at 31 is secured to the upper end of the body as indicated in Figure 1. j

By tensioning the spring through the operation of the key 32 mounted n the frame 5 and projecting through the jacket as clearly shown in Figure 1 the motor mechanism may be set in operation to produce an oscillating movement, of the arms upand down for operating the drum and thereby simulate adrummer The movement of 'he drumsticks and hm db to strike the drum sticks to it relative to the arms compensates for any inaccuracies in the oscillating movement of the arms so that the sticks will strike the drum in every oscillation of the arms. The weighted oscillating member prevents a too rapid oscillation of the arms which would interfere with the proper .drumming movement. It is to be noted that the so formed that the weight of the entire fi ure Will be carried and balanced thereby so that the figure may be placed upon a table or other convenient place during the operation of the motor mechanism to play the :lrum. It is to be, further noted that the notor mechanism "is directly mounted on ,he legs to provide a firm support therefor and reduce a tendency of the figure to Vibrate in operation.

What is claimed as new 'is:

' drum carried A drumming toy comprising a figure in the form of a drummer boy having a body legs and sleeves, a spring motor mounted in the body, a crank shaft extending through the body and having arms extending through said sleeves. and having connection with arms, drum sticks carried by said hands, a i by said body and engaged by said motor, hands having a limited rotative connection'with the ends of said hands and said arms forming a means to ture.

WONG ALDON. 

